Enrolment

Enrolment

2004

2001

NSW

4 329 115

4 227 937

VIC

3 309 800

3 234 874

QLD

2 475 611

2 336 698

WA

1 248 732

1 206 422

SA

1 051 923

1 039 025

TAS

342 809

331 675

ACT

227 541

221 184

NT

112 930

111 022

AUS

13 098 461

12 708 837

These figures show the number of people entitled to vote on election day. They comprise enrolment at the close of rolls with subsequent adjustments such as the removal of names of electors who died after the close of rolls.

State of the parties

House of Representatives

Party

2004

2001

LP

74

68

NP

12

13

CLP

1

1

ALP

60

65

IND

3

3

Total

150

150

Senate

Party

Elected 9 Oct 2004

Full Senate*

ALP

16

27

LP

17

33

NP

3

5

CLP

1

1

CLR

-

1

DEM

-

4

FFP

1

1

GRN

2

4

Total

40

76

*This column shows the number of seats each party will hold in the Senate from 1 July 2005.

Votes cast (%)

2004

2001

House of Representatives

ordinary votes

82.46

84.36

absent votes

6.03

6.22

provisional votes

0.73

0.67

pre-poll votes

5.81

4.79

postal votes

4.96

3.96

Informal voting

House of Representatives

5.18

4.82

Senate

3.75

3.89

Turnout (House of Representatives)

94.32

94.85

Senate 2004 results: state of the full Senate from 1 July 2005

Party

NSW

VIC

QLD

WA

SA

TAS

ACT

NT

Total

ALP

4

4

4

4

5

4

1

1

27

LP

4

5

5

6

6

6

1

-

33

NP

2

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

5

CLP

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

CLR

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

DEM

-

1

1

1

1

-

-

-

4

FFP

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

GRN

1

-

-

1

-

2

-

-

4

Total

12

12

12

12

12

12

2

2

76

Senate results 1980–2004

Year

ALP

LP

NP

CLP

CLR

DEM

FFP

GRN

GWA

HAN

HAR

IND

NDP

VPG

Total

2004

16

17

3

1

-

-

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

27

33

5

1

1

4

1

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

76

2001

13

17

2

1

1

4

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

27

31

3

1

1

8

-

2

-

1

1

1

-

-

76

1998

17

15

1

1

-

4

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

40

29

31

3

1

-

9

-

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

76

1996

14

17

2

1

-

5

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

29

31

5

1

-

7

-

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

76

1993

17

15

3

1

-

2

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

40

30

30

5

1

-

7

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

76

1990

15

16

2

1

-

5

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

40

32

29

4

1

-

8

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

76

1987*

32

27

6

1

-

7

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

76

32

27

6

1

-

7

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

76

1984

20

16

3

1

-

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

46

34

27

5

1

-

7

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

76

1983*

30

23

4

1

-

5

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

64

30

23

4

1

-

5

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

64

1980

15

13

2

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

34

27

28

3

-

-

5

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

64

*The elections held in 1983 and 1987 were double dissolution elections.

House of Representatives 2004 results

Party

NSW

VIC

QLD

WA

SA

TAS

ACT

NT

Total

LP

21

16

17

10

8

2

-

-

74

NP

6

2

4

-

-

-

-

-

12

ALP

21

19

6

5

3

3

2

1

60

CLP

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

IND

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

3

Total

50

37

28

15

11

5

2

2

150

House of Representatives results 1980–2004

Year

ALP

LP

NP/CLP

IND

Total

2004

60

74

13

3

150

2001

65

68

14

3

150

1998

67

64

16

1

148

1996

49

75

19

5

148

1993

80

49

16

2

147

1990

78

55

14

1

148

1987

86

43

19

-

148

1984

82

45

21

-

148

1983

75

33

17

-

125

1980

51

54

20

-

125

Two Party Preferred figures 1993–2004 (%)

Year

Party

NSW

VIC

QLD

WA

SA

TAS

ACT

NT

AUS

2004

ALP

48.1

49.0

42.9

44.6

45.6

54.2

61.5

52.1

47.3

LP/NP

51.9

51.0

57.1

55.4

54.4

45.8

38.5

47.9

52.7

2001

ALP

48.3

52.1

45.1

48.4

45.9

57.7

61.1

52.5

49.1

LP/NP

51.7

47.9

54.9

51.6

54.1

42.3

38.9

47.5

50.9

1998

ALP

51.5

53.5

47.0

49.5

46.9

57.3

62.4

50.6

51.0

LP/NP

48.5

46.5

53.0

50.5

53.1

42.7

37.6

49.4

49.0

1996

ALP

47.4

50.3

39.8

44.0

42.7

51.6

55.5

49.6

46.4

LP/NP

52.6

49.7

60.2

56.0

57.3

48.4

44.5

50.4

53.6

1993

ALP

54.4

51.8

48.4

46.0

47.3

54.7

61.2

55.3

51.4

LP/NP

45.6

48.2

51.6

54.0

52.7

45.3

38.8

44.7

48.6

The 20 most marginal seats

The following seats are the 20 most marginal seats across Australia based on the 2004 federal election results. The total number of marginal seats is 47 out of 150.

The 20 most marginal seats

Division

Status

Two-Party-Preferred (%)

Sitting Member

Hindmarsh (SA)

Marginal Labor

50.06

Steve Georganas (ALP)

Kingston (SA)

Marginal Liberal

50.07

Kym Richardson (LP)

Swan (WA)

Marginal Labor

50.08

Kim Wilkie (ALP)

Richmond (NSW)

Marginal Labor

50.19

Justine Elliot (ALP)

Bonner* (QLD)

Marginal Liberal

50.51

Ross Vasta (LP)

Greenway (NSW)

Marginal Liberal

50.58

Louise Markus (LP)

Wakefield (SA)

Marginal Liberal

50.67

David Fawcett (LP)

Parramatta (NSW)

Marginal Labor

50.77

Julie Owens (ALP)

Cowan (WA)

Marginal Labor

50.78

Graham Edwards (ALP)

Makin (SA)

Marginal Liberal

50.93

Trish Draper (LP)

Bendigo (VIC)

Marginal Labor

50.96

Steve Gibbons (ALP)

Banks (NSW)

Marginal Labor

51.06

Daryl Melham (ALP)

Calare** (NSW)

Marginal Liberal

51.10

Peter Andren (IND)

Braddon (TAS)

Marginal Liberal

51.13

Mark Baker (LP)

Adelaide (SA)

Marginal Labor

51.33

Kate Ellis (ALP)

Isaacs (VIC)

Marginal Labor

51.48

Ann Corcoran (ALP)

Holt (VIC)

Marginal Labor

51.51

Anthony Byrne (ALP)

Hasluck (WA)

Marginal Liberal

51.82

Stuart Henry (LP)

Stirling (WA)

Marginal Liberal

52.04

Michael Keenan (LP)

Eden-Monaro (NSW)

Marginal Liberal

52.14

Gary Nairn (LP)

*The newly created seat of Bonner was first contested in 2004.

**At the 2004 federal election Calare was won by an Independent candidate, however for statistical purposes another count was conducted to determine the status of the seat on a two-party-preferred basis and those results were used in this table.

Seat Status

Seat status is generally based on the Two-Party-Preferred (TPP) figures from the last election. TPP figures indicate results where preferences have been distributed to the major sides of politics, the ALP and the Coalition (LP/NP).

By convention, when a party receives less than 56% of the vote the seat is classified as marginal, 56–60% is classified as fairly safe and more than 60% is considered safe.

Seats where preferences decided the 2004 result

New South Wales (18)

Banks (ALP)

Barton (ALP)

Bennelong (LP)

Charlton (ALP)

Cunningham (ALP)

Dobell (LP)

Eden-Monaro (LP)

Greenway (LP)

Kingsford Smith (ALP)

Lindsay (LP)

Lowe (ALP)

Newcastle (ALP)

Page (NP)

Parramatta (ALP)

Richmond (ALP)

Shortland (ALP)

Sydney (ALP)

Wentworth (LP)

Victoria (11)

Ballarat (ALP)

Bendigo (ALP)

Bruce (ALP)

Chisholm (ALP)

Corio (ALP)

Gippsland (NP)

Holt (ALP)

Isaacs (ALP)

Jagajaga (ALP)

McMillan (LP)

Melbourne Ports (ALP)

Queensland (12)

Bonner (LP)

Brisbane (ALP)

Capricornia (ALP)

Dawson (NP)

Griffith (ALP)

Herbert (LP)

Hinkler (NP)

Kennedy (IND)

Lilley (ALP)

Moreton (LP)

Rankin (ALP)

Wide Bay (NP)

Western Australia (8)

Brand (ALP)

Cowan (ALP)

Fremantle (ALP)

Hasluck (LP)

Kalgoorlie (LP)

Perth (ALP)

Stirling (LP)

Swan (ALP)

South Australia (5)

Adelaide (ALP)

Hindmarsh (ALP)

Kingston (LP)

Makin (LP)

Wakefield (LP)

Tasmania (5)

Bass (LP)

Braddon (LP)

Denison (ALP)

Franklin (ALP)

Lyons (ALP)

Australian Capital Territory (1)

Canberra (ALP)

Northern Territory (1)

Solomon (CLP)

Seats won outright in 2004

(where the winning candidate received 50% plus 1 of the first preference votes)

New South Wales (32)

Berowra (LP)

Blaxland (ALP)

Bradfield (LP)

Calare (IND)

Chifley (ALP)

Cook (LP)

Cowper (NP)

Farrer (LP)

Fowler (ALP)

Gilmore (LP)

Grayndler (ALP)

Gwydir (NP)

Hughes (LP)

Hume (LP)

Hunter (ALP)

Lyne (NP)

Macarthur (LP)

Mackellar (LP)

Macquarie (LP)

Mitchell (LP)

New England (IND)

North Sydney (LP)

Parkes (NP)

Paterson (LP)

Prospect (ALP)

Reid (ALP)

Riverina (NP)

Robertson (LP)

Throsby (ALP)

Warringah (LP)

Watson (ALP)

Werriwa (ALP)

Victoria (26)

Aston (LP)

Batman (ALP)

Calwell (ALP)

Casey (LP)

Corangamite (LP)

Deakin (LP)

Dunkley (LP)

Flinders (LP)

Gellibrand (ALP)

Goldstein (LP)

Gorton (ALP)

Higgins (LP)

Hotham (ALP)

Indi (LP)

Kooyong (LP)

La Trobe (LP)

Lalor (ALP)

Mallee (NP)

Maribyrnong (ALP)

McEwen (LP)

Melbourne (ALP)

Menzies (LP)

Murray (LP)

Scullin (ALP)

Wannon (LP)

Wills (ALP)

Queensland (16)

Blair (LP)

Bowman (LP)

Dickson (LP)

Fadden (LP)

Fairfax (LP)

Fisher (LP)

Forde (LP)

Groom (LP)

Leichhardt (LP)

Longman (LP)

Maranoa (NP)

McPherson (LP)

Moncrieff (LP)

Oxley (ALP)

Petrie (LP)

Ryan (LP)

Western Australia (7)

Canning (LP)

Curtin (LP)

Forrest (LP)

Moore (LP)

OConnor (LP)

Pearce (LP)

Tangney (LP)

South Australia (6)

Barker (LP)

Boothby (LP)

Grey (LP)

Mayo (LP)

Port Adelaide (ALP)

Sturt (LP)

Australian Capital Territory (1)

Fraser (ALP)

Northern Territory (1)

Lingiari (ALP)

Seats which changed parties at 2004 election

Division

Previous incumbent

Party

Successful candidate

Party

New South Wales (3)

Greenway

Frank Mossfield

ALP

Louise Markus

LP

Parramatta

Ross Cameron

LP

Julie Owens

ALP

Richmond

Larry Anthony

NP

Justine Elliot

ALP

Victoria (1)

McMillan

Christian Zahra

ALP

Russell Broadbent

LP

Queensland (1)

Bowman

Con Sciacca

ALP

Andrew Laming

LP

Western Australia (2)

Hasluck

Sharryn Jackson

ALP

Stuart Henry

LP

Stirling

Jann McFarlane

ALP

Michael Keenan

LP

South Australia (3)

Adelaide

Trish Worth

LP

Kate Ellis

ALP

Hindmarsh

Chris Gallus

LP

Steve Georganas

ALP

Kingston

David Cox

ALP

Kym Richardson

LP

Tasmania (2)

Bass

Michelle OByrne

ALP

Michael Ferguson

LP

Braddon

Sid Sidebottom

ALP

Mark Baker

LP

Please note that the above compares party representation immediately after the 2001 and 2004 elections. Results of any by-elections have been ignored.

Seats which changed leading candidate during 2004 count

(where the leader on first preferences lost after the full distribution of preferences)

Seats which changed leading candidate during 2004 count

Division

Leader on first preferences

Successful candidate

Parramatta (NSW)

Ross Cameron (LP)

Julie Owens (ALP)

Richmond (NSW)

Larry Anthony (NP)

Justine Elliot (ALP)

Adelaide (SA)

Trish Worth (LP)

Kate Ellis (ALP)

Hindmarsh (SA)

Simon Birmingham (LP)

Steve Georganas (ALP)

Bendigo (VIC)

Kevin Gibbins (LP)

Steve Gibbons (ALP)

Melbourne Ports (VIC)

David Southwick (LP)

Michael Danby (ALP)

Cowan (WA)

Luke Simpkins (LP)

Graham Edwards (ALP)

Swan (WA)

Andrew Peter Murfin (LP)

Kim Wilkie (ALP)

Nominations by State/Territory 2001–2004

House of Representatives

Seats

2004

Seats

2001

NSW

50

382

50

395

VIC

37

257

37

225

QLD

28

205

27

179

WA

15

124

15

116

SA

11

76

12

71

TAS

5

25

5

27

ACT

2

10

2

13

NT

2

12

2

13

Female candidates

299

288

Male candidates

791

751

*Unknown

1

-

Total

150

1 091

150

1 039

* Details of gender were not provided.

Senate

Seats

2004

2001

NSW

6

78

65

VIC

6

65

52

QLD

6

50

40

WA

6

40

46

SA

6

47

26

TAS

6

26

29

ACT

2

13

14

NT

2

11

13

Female candidates

107

93

Male candidates

223

192

Total

40

330

285

Total number of registered political parties that fielded candidates

2004

2001

51

49

Informal voting 1993–2004 (%)

State/Territory

House of Representatives

Senate

2004

2001

1998

1996

1993

2004

2001

1998

1996

1993

NSW

6.1

5.4

4.0

3.6

3.1

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.8

2.7

VIC

4.1

4.0

3.5

2.9

2.8

5.1

5.6

3.8

3.6

3.1

QLD

5.2

4.8

3.3

2.6

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.0

3.3

2.0

WA

5.3

4.9

4.2

3.2

2.5

3.5

3.6

2.7

3.5

2.1

SA

5.6

5.5

4.5

4.1

4.1

3.5

3.1

2.8

3.3

2.3

TAS

3.6

3.4

3.1

2.4

2.7

3.4

3.3

3.1

3.2

2.6

ACT

3.4

3.5

2.9

2.8

3.4

2.5

2.3

2.0

2.5

1.6

NT

4.5

4.6

4.2

3.4

3.1

3.1

2.8

2.0

2.8

2.8

AUS

5.2

4.8

3.8

3.2

3.0

3.8

3.9

3.2

3.5

2.6

House: Types of votes by State/Territory 2004 (%)

State/Territory

Ordinary

Absent

Provisional

Pre-poll

Postal

NSW

82.38

5.99

0.70

6.32

4.62

VIC

81.93

5.76

0.71

5.97

5.63

QLD

82.71

5.72

0.63

5.04

5.90

WA

81.82

8.82

1.13

4.84

3.39

SA

84.72

6.22

0.49

4.09

4.48

TAS

85.15

4.59

1.02

4.41

4.83

ACT

77.85

2.02

1.22

15.41

3.50

NT

82.75

2.18

1.24

10.56

3.27

AUS

82.46

6.03

0.73

5.81

4.96

House: Turnout 1980–2004 (%)

Year

Event

Turnout (%)

2004

Election

94.32

2001

Election

94.85

1998

Election

94.99

1996

Election

95.77

1993

Election

95.75

1990

Election

95.32

1987

Election

93.84

1984

Election and Referendum

94.17

1983

Election

94.64

1980

Election

94.35

Election costs 1993–2004

Year

Average cost per elector (GST exclusive) ($)

2004

5.79

2001

5.09

1998

5.21

1996

5.08

1993

4.11

Please note that the above costs do not include public funding. For details on public funding payments made in respect of the 2004 election see below.

2004 election funding payments

Name

Amount

Liberal Party of Australia

$17 956 326.48

Australian Labor Party

$16 710 043.43

Australian Greens

$3 316 702.48

National Party of Australia

$2 966 531.27

Northern Territory Country Liberal Party

$158 973.97

Family First Party

$158 451.04

Pauline Hanson's One Nation

$56 215.73

Australian Democrats

$8 491.26

Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)

$6 572.56

No Goods and Services Tax Party

$5 995.20

Pauline Hanson

$199 886.77

Antony (Tony) Windsor

$89 562.59

Peter Andren

$79 413.12

Robert (Bob) Katter

$63 544.49

Peter King

$25 730.39

Brian Deegan

$24 449.31

Lars Hedberg

$19 400.82

Graeme Campbell

$12 935.18

Robert (Rob) Bryant

$12 120.65

Robert Dunn

$11 761.02

Margaret F Menzel

$10 977.60

Darren Power

$9 980.34

Bruce Haigh

$7 381.25

Jeanette (Jen) Sackley

$7 365.70

Samir (Sam) Bargshoon

$7 346.26

Total election funding paid

$41 926 158.91

Election dates 1980–2004

Election day

Government elected

Seats won

Total no. of seats

9 October 2004

LP/NP/CLP

87

150

10 November 2001

LP/NP/CLP

82

150

3 October 1998

LP/NP

80

148

2 March 1996

LP/NP/CLP

94

148

13 March 1993

ALP

80

147

24 March 1990

ALP

78

148

11 July 1987

ALP

86

148

1 December 1984

ALP

82

148

5 March 1983

ALP

75

125

18 October 1980

LP/NP/NCP

74

125

Key words

Absent vote

A vote cast by an elector out of their enrolled division but still within their home State/Territory on election day.

Divisions (electorates/seats)

Australia is divided into 150 voting districts known as divisions, electorates or seats. One member is elected from each Division to the House of Representatives.

Election funding

A candidate or Senate group is eligible for election funding if they obtain at least four per cent of the formal first preference vote in the division or the State/Territory they contested.

Informal vote

A vote cast in an election that has not been marked according to the rules of that election.

Ordinary vote

A vote cast at a polling place in the electors enrolled division on election day.

Political party

Political parties can register with the AEC for federal elections. Registered parties are eligible to have the party affiliation of their candidates printed on ballot papers.

Postal and pre-poll votes

Votes cast before election day by post or at a pre-poll voting centre by electors who for various reasons are unable to attend a polling place in their home State/Territory on election day.

Provisional vote

A vote cast in circumstances where an electors name cannot be found on the roll or has already been marked off the roll as having voted. They are not counted until a careful check of enrolment records has been made.

Roll

The list of electors eligible to vote at an election.

Two-candidate-preferred (TCP)

TCP figures show where preferences have been distributed to the final two candidates in an election.

Two-party-preferred (TPP)

TPP figures indicate results where preferences have been distributed to the two major sides of politics, the ALP and the Coalition (LP/NP). In most cases TPP is the same as TCP because the final two candidates are ALP and Coalition. However, in an independently held seat or where the final two candidates are not the ALP and Coalition, the TPP differs from the TCP.

Turnout

The percentage of enrolled electors who voted in an election or referendum.

2004 election logistics

Polling facilities

Ordinary polling places

No. of ordinary polling places: 7 729

Mobile polling teams

No. of mobile polling teams who visited special hospitals: 445

No. of special hospitals visited: 2 107

No. of mobile polling teams who visited remote locations: 43

No. of remote locations visited: 382

No. of mobile polling teams who visited prisons: 17

No. of prisons visited: 21

Pre-poll centres

No. of pre-poll voting centres: 309

Overseas polling places

No. of overseas polling places: 100

Temporary staff

Approximate number of temporary staff who assisted in the conduct of the election: 67 000

No. of call centre operators trained to answer inquiries for the election: 450

Polling equipment

No. of ballot boxes: 45 505

No. of voting screens: 150 599

No. of recycling bins: 13 893

No. of tables: 6 875

No. of queuing signs: 10 462

Website

No. of hits on AEC election results site on election night: over 13.5 million

Whenever possible the AEC uses cardboard and paper equipment manufactured from recycled materials that are in turn recyclable and reusable.